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Privy vs Aware - What's the difference?

privy | aware |

As nouns the difference between privy and aware

is that privy is an outdoor toilet; latrine; earth closet; john; johnny house while aware is avar.

As an adjective privy

is private, exclusive; not public; one's own.

privy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
  • The king retreated to his privy chamber.
    the privy purse
  • Secret, hidden, concealed.
  • * 1967 , William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner , Vintage 2004, p. 82:
  • Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts.
  • With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
  • He was privy to the discussions.

    Noun

    (privies)
  • An outdoor toilet; latrine; earth closet; john; johnny house.
  • (legal) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
  • (Burrill)
    (Wharton)

    aware

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
  • Conscious or having knowledge of something.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware , is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}

    Synonyms

    * (sense, on one's guard) wary, watchful, sensitive, alert, attentive, observant * (conscious of something) apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindful

    Antonyms

    * unaware

    Derived terms

    * awareness * unaware